The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will come for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Wednesday.
It is one of the signature events being held at the UNSC during the month-long presidency of India.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also take part in the meeting.
Pakistan is not a member of the Security Council, it can attend the meeting as it is an ‘open debate
The meeting may see a war of words between the two neighbouring nations
Pakistan may try to use the opportunity to raise the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to embarrass India
Jaishankar and Zardari had in the past attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s meeting in Uzbekistan
India took over as the president of the UNSC for the second time during its current two-year-long term as one of the non-permanent member.
The meeting will also witness briefings by the Secretary General of the United Nations
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the President of the 77th UN General Assembly, according to a press release on the external affairs minister’s visit to New York
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